2022-23 Season
American Fast
by Kareem Fahmy
Directed by Seth Rozin & Zaina Yasmin Dana
Cast
Amel Khalil
Khady
Hend Ayoub
Suzan
Abdul Sesay
Gabe
Ontaria Kim Wilson
Coach
Production Team
Kareem Fahmy
Playwright
Seth Rozin
Director
Zaina Dana
Director
Mellie Katakalos
Set Designer
Shannon Zura
Lighting Designer
Tiffany Bacon
Costume Designer
Jorge Cousineau
Sound & Projection Designer
Eileen Deisemann
Prop Manager
A Muslim American college basketball sensation is set to compete on the biggest stage, the women’s college basketball tournament. But this year’s competition coincides directly with Ramadan. What does it mean to be Muslim in an increasingly secular America?
Melody Wong
Stage Manager
Michael Hamlet
Master Electrician
John Kolbinski
Audio Engineer
William Bryant
PSW - Technical Director/set designer
Joseph Nolan
Production Assistant
Nat Merrill
Assistant Projection Designer
Caitlin Shanahan
Run Crew
Eli Lynn
Intimacy Coordinator
The Last Parade
Three generations of a Jewish family living in Kyiv grapple with whether and where to emigrate in 1991. Will conditions in post-Soviet Ukraine improve enough for the family to experience better lives? Will America live up to its promise as a beacon of freedom and opportunity? And if a move should happen, will the family be able to stay together?
by Stephanie Satie
Directed by Seth Rozin
Cast
Adam Howard
Borya
Leah Walton
Zoya
Ava Weintzweig
Anya
Tim Moyer
Yasha
Tony Lawton
Leon
Tom Helmer
Stage Manager
Harbour Edney
Master Electrician
John Kolbinski
Audio Engineer
William Bryant
Technical Director - PSW
Chris Bratek
Managing Director - PSW
Sophia Pichanick
Production Assistant
D'Arcy Dersham
Dialect Coach
Production Team
Stephanie Satie
Playwright
Seth Rozin
Director
Chris Haig
Set Designer
Lindsey Stevens
Lighting Designer
Natalia de la Torre
Costume Designer
Christopher Colucci
Sound Designer
Kelly Palmer / PSW
Props Manager
Kate Sparacio
Production Manager
pay no worship
by francisca da silveira
Directed by Tyrone L. Robinson
Cast
Saiir Foy-Coles
Martin
Troy D. Wallace
Jose
Production Team
francisca da silveira
Playwright
Tyrone L. Robinson
Director
Colin McIlvaine
Set Designer
Lily Fossner
Lighting Designer
Ariel Wang
Costume Designer
Ryk Lewis
Sound Designer
Kelly Palmer / PSW
Props Manager
Eli Lynn
Fight Director
Kate Sparacio
Production Manager
On Fogo, a tiny African island in Cape Verde, both dreams and volcanoes are at risk of erupting as cousins Martin and Jose fight for opportunity, understanding, and their lives when a tropical storm threatens to destroy everything they know.
Tom Helmer
Stage Manager
Harbour Edney
Head Electrician
John Kolbinski
Audio Engineer
William Bryant
Technical Director - PSW
Chris Bratek
Managing Director - PSW
Andrew Beal
Production Assistant
Death of a Driver
A young and ambitious engineer moves to Kenya to build a critical highway and improve the country’s infrastructure with help from a local insider. But national politics and tribal feuds make the road to a more equitable society very bumpy. What are the unanticipated consequences of America’s well-intentioned meddling in another country’s affairs?
by Will Snider
Directed by Charlotte Northeast
Cast
Akeem Davis
Kennedy
Hannah Gold
Sarah
Production Team
Harbour Edney
Master Electrician
John Kolbinski
Audio Engineer
William Bryant
Technical Director - PSW
Chris Bratek
Managing Director - PSW
Andrew Beal
Production Assistant
Will Snider
Playwright
Charlotte Northeast
Director
Marie Laster
Set Designer
Drew Billiau
Lighting Designer
Asaki Kuruma
Costume Designer
Larry Fowler
Sound Designer
PSW / Kelly Palmer
Props Manager
Kate Sparacio
Production Manager
Tom Helmer
Stage Manager
2021-22 Season
The Chinese Lady
by Lloyd Suh
Directed by Justin Jain
Cast
Bi Jean Ngo
Afong Moy
Daniel Kim
Atung
Production Team
Justin Jain
Director
Liana Irvine
Dramaturg
Noelle Johnson
EDI consultant
Chris Haig
Set Designer
Melanie Hsu
Sound Designer
Maria Shaplin
Lighting Designer
Ariel Wang
Costume Designer
Jo Vito Ramírez
Prop Supervisor
Dalton Whiting
Assistant Set Designer
Seth Rozin
Production Manager
Tom Helmer
Stage Manager
Liv Shoup
Production Assistant
In 1834, 14-year-old Afong Moy becomes the first Chinese woman to set foot on U.S. soil, dreaming of bridging the two countries’ cultures with her political savvy and philosophical prowess. But as she delights curious white people with displays of her daily life, does her (side)show bridge the cultural gap or widen it?
“Piercing and intimate… By the end of Suh’s extraordinary play, we look at Afong and see whole centuries of American history” — New York Times
Sydney Norris
Master Electrician
John Kolbinski
Audio Engineer
Kevin Hoover
Tech Director
Joel Sumner
General Manager at PSW
This Bitter Earth
A protest brought Jesse, an introspective Black playwright, together with his white boyfriend Neil, a Black Lives Matter activist. But as Neil immerses himself deeper in the movement, Jesse finds his choices challenged and their love on the line.
“One of the most ruthlessly truthful interracial love stories the American stage has seen” – DC Metro Theatre Arts
by Harrison David Rivers
Directed by Tyrone L. Robinson
Cast
David Bazemore
Jesse
Gabriel Elmore
Neil
Production Team
Sydney Norris
Master Electrician
John Kolbinski
Audio Engineer
Kevin Hoover
Shop Foreman - PSW
Joel Sumner
General Manager - PSW
Zach Galloza
Production Assistant
Kate Sparacio
Production Manager
J Alex Cordaro
Fight Director
Harrison David Rivers
Playwright
Tyrone L. Robinson
Director
Colin McIlvaine
Set Designer
Shannon Zura
Lighting Designer
Katherine Fritz
Costume Designer
Jaedto Israel
Asst. Costume Designer
Larry Fowler
Sound Designer
Taj Rauch
Projection Designer
Colleen Hughes
Intimacy Director
Emily Smith
Props
Tom Helmer
Stage Manager
Settlements
When the resident theatre at a Jewish Community Center commissions a new play about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from a Jordanian-Jewish playwright, the Center finds itself pulled in conflicting directions. In such polarized times when extreme voices threaten to pull an institution (or a country) off its foundation, how does one hold onto the center?
From the provocative playwright behind Human Rites and Two Jews Walk Into A War…
by Seth Rozin
A World Premiere Directed by David Winitsky
Cast
Steven Rishard
Noah
Cindy Gold
Judith
Emily Zacharias
Marion
Becca Khalil
Yasmine
Mitch Greenberg
Esar
Dan Hodge
Noah (replacement)
Tom Helmer
Stage Manager
Liv Shoup
Production Assistant
Sydney Norris
Master Electrician
John Kolbinski
Audio Engineer
Kevin Hoover
Technical Director
Production Team
Seth Rozin
Playwright
David Winitsky
Director
Marie Laster
Set Designer
Liz Atkinson
Sound Designer
Josh Benghiat
Lighting Designer
Natalia de la Torre
Costume Designer
Kate Sparacio
Production Manager
72 Miles to Go…
72 miles. That’s what separates a recently deported mother in Nogales, Mexico and her husband and children in Tucson, Arizona. But the real distance stretches over eight years, two presidential administrations, graduations, anniversaries, the countless daily moments they spend apart—and the boundless love that unites them across borders.
“Dramatizes a heartbreaking predicament more often reduced to headlines and politicized in Washington debates” – Time Out New York
by Hilary Bettis
Directed by Erlina Ortiz & Seth Rozin
Cast
J Hernandez
Billy
Lorenza Bernasconi
Eva
Jerrick Medrano
Aaron
Frank Jimenez
Christian
Anjoli Santiago
Anita
Eric Baker
Master Electrician
John Kolbinski
Audio Engineer
Kevin Hoover
Scene Shop
Chris Bratek
Scene Shop
Zach Galloza
Production Assistant
Kate Sparacio
Production Manager
Production Team
Hilary Bettis
Playwright
Erlina Ortiz
Director
Seth Rozin
Director
Mellie Katakalo
Set Designer
Maria Shaplin
Lighting Designer
Asaki Kuruma
Costume Designer
Shannon Zura
Sound Designer
Kelly Palmer
Props
Tom Helmer
Stage Manager
2019/2020 Season
Eureka Day
by Jonathan Spector
directed by Seth Rozin
Cast
Alexandra Espinoza
Carina
Leonard C. Haas
Don
Dan Hodge
Eli
Bi Jean Ngo
Meiko
Catharine K. Slusar
Suzanne
Production Team
Playwright Jonathan Spector
Director Seth Rozin
Janie E. Howland Set Designer
Marie Laster Asst Set Designer
Peter Whinnery Lighting Designer
Toby Pettit Sound Designer
Kat Wheary Props Designer
Katherine Fritz Costume Designer
Tom Helmer Stage Manager
Jess DeStefano Production Manager
Dorian Korein Asst Stage Manager
2018/2019 Season
Salt Pepper Ketchup
A World Premiere
Co-Production with Passage Theatre
by Josh Wilder
directed by Jerrell L. Henderson
Cast
Fenton Li
John Wu
Chuja Seo
Linda Wu
Miriam White
Megan
Richard Bradford
Boodah
Jay Battle
Raheem
Mark Christie
Tommy
Justin Pietropaolo
Paul
Kendra Holloway
Cece
Production Team
Playwright Josh Wilder
Director Jerrell L. Henderson
Arielle Brown Dramaturg
Colin McIlvainie Set Designer
Marie Laster Asst Set Designer
Robin Stamey Lighting Designer
Larry Fowler Sound Designer
Tyler Tooker Props Designer
An-Lin Dauber Costume Designer
Tom Helmer Stage Manager
Jess DeStefano Production Manager
Lauren Tetlow Asst. Stage Manager
A layer of bulletproof glass won’t protect Superstar Chinese Take-Out owners from the gentrification consuming the Point Breeze neighborhood in South Philly. When a trendy food co-op opens nearby, the Wu’s and their customers initially see it as a hipster annoyance, but as tensions mount they begin to recognize the intrusion as an act of war. Tinged with genuine humor and pathos, Wilder’s play examines the very human consequences of neighborhood redevelopment -- who benefits and who gets chewed up and spit out?
Hype Man: A Break Beat Play
by Idris Goodwin
directed by Ozzie Jones
Cast
Carlo Campbell
Verb
Kyle Glenn
Pinnacle
Bianca Sanchez
Peep One
Production Team
Idris Goodwin Playwright
Larry Fowler Composer
Ozzie Jones Director
Apollo Weaver Set Designer
Angela Myers Lighting Designer
Natalia de la Torre Costume Designer
Melissa Dunphy Sound Designer
Emily Schuman Properties Designer
Tom Helmer Stage Manager
Jess DeStefano Production Manager
Kate Henderson Asst. Stage Manager
John Kolbinski Audio Technician
Elliot Konstant Master Electrician
Hype man Verb has been backing up front-man rapper Pinnacle since they were kids. Adding beatmaker Peep One to their group sparked a flame and now the interracial trio is flexing serious Hip-Hop muscle. But when an unarmed black teenager is shot by police, it forces the group to navigate issues of friendship and race. The latest from break beat poet and playwright Idris Goodwin (HOW WE GOT ON), HYPE MAN asks: what does it mean to be an ally, and who has the responsibility to speak up in the face of social injustice?
Heartland
Dr. Harold Banks, an aging professor of Afghan studies in Nebraska, is reeling after his adopted daughter Getee is killed by the Taliban while delivering foreign aid. When Afghan refugee Nazrullah arrives at his door with an incredible story and carrying Getee's prized books, the two men form an unlikely bond. Each is searching for his own brand of forgiveness, but as their friendship develops, Naz accidentally exposes an unexpected source of Dr. Banks’ guilt. How might a CIA propaganda operation over 30 years ago have contributed to Getee’s death? Inspired by true events, HEARTLAND is a story of healing, connection, and the devastating unintentional consequences of our actions.
An InterAct Commission & NNPN Rolling World Premiere
by Gabriel Jason Dean
directed by Evren Odcikin
Cast
Tim Moyer*
Harold
Nazli Sarpkaya*
Getee
Yousof Sultani*
Nazrullah
Production Team
Gabriel Jason Dean Playwright
Evren Odcikin Director
Humaira Ghilzai Cultural Consultant
Dirk Durosette Set Designer
Maria Shaplin Lighting Designer
Katherine Fritz Costume Designer
Michael Kiley Sound Designer
Kat Wheary Props Designer
Tom Helmer Stage Manager
Jess DeStefano Production Manager
Sam Volosky Asst. Stage Manager
John Allerheiligen Master Electrician
John Kolbinski Audio Engineer
The Great Leap
It's 1989 and Manford Lum, renowned for his basketball hustle in Chinatown, tries to talk his way on to a college team destined for a "friendship" game in China. Coach Saul blocks him hard, but Manford rebounds and launches himself on a journey to a homeland he's never known. Bouncing between Beijing and San Francisco, between 1989 and 1971, this clever and theatrical play looks at America’s arms-length relationship with Communist China and the post-Cultural Revolution through a story about two generations of basketball players. Smart, funny and heart-pumping, Lauren Yee's THE GREAT LEAP will have you on your feet for the final buzzer.
by Lauren Yee
directed by Seth Rozin
Cast
Richard Chan
Manford Lum
Scott Greer*
Saul
Justin Jain*
Wen Chang
Bi Jean Ngo*
Connie
Production Team
Lauren Yee Playwright
Seth Rozin Director
Mellie Katakalos Set Designer
Peter Whinnery Lighting Designer
Natalia de la Torre Costume Designer
Emily Schuman Properties Designer
Daniel Ison Sound Designer
Tom Helmer* Stage Manager
Jess DeStefano* Production Manager
John Allerheiligen Master Electrician
John Kolbinski Audio Technician
Claris Park Asst. Director
Kate Henderson Production Asst.
2017/2018 Season
Broken Stones
Based on an extremely true story. Fact: priceless artifacts were looted from The Baghdad Museum in 2003 during the Iraq War. Fact: A U.S. marine went in to investigate who was responsible. Everything else is open for interpretation. When a well-meaning veteran meets his ghostwriter, mythologies mix, truth is refashioned into click bait, and reality itself begins to shift. Kennedy’s world premiere is an intense, cinematic thriller that examines the appropriation of narrative and just what it means to print the legend.
A World Premiere
by Fin Kennedy
directed by Seth Rozin
Cast
Charlotte Northeast
The Writer
Rand Guerrero
Ramirez/Romano
Steven Wright
Anderson/Garrett
Nazli Sarpkaya
Nadia/Polonsky/Zahra/Nina/Kerry/ Maria
Joe Guzmán
Omar/Sheridan/Mario
Peter Bisgaier*
Collins/Sinan/The Director/Simon
Daniel Barland
Tariq/Dan/Ari/Matt
Najla Said*
Aaliyah/Diane/Lea
Production Team
Fin Kennedy Playwright
Seth Rozin Director
Kittson O'Neill Dramaturg
Nick Embree Set Designer
Larry Fowler Sound Designer
Peter Whinnery Lighting Designer
Natalia de la Torre Costume Designer
Emily Schuman Properties Designer
Lauren Tracy Production Manager
Tom Helmer Stage Manager/InterAct
Philadelphia Scenic Works Scene Shop
Christa Federico Assistant Stage Manager
Sensitive Guys
Is it enough just to be “working on your sh*t?” In the safe spaces of a small liberal arts college, the student-led Men’s Peer Education Group and women’s Survivor Support Group work together on an ambitious plan to eradicate all sexual violence everywhere in just five years. They've got it all together -- until an incident throws their ideals into question. Five female and non-binary performers inhabit both male and female roles in this social satire about complicity and what it really takes to face the patriarchy.
A World Premiere
by MJ Kaufman
directed by Evren Odcikin
Cast
Eli Lynn
Diana/Danny
Bi Jean Ngo
Amy/Pete/Dean
Lexie Braverman
Katie/Jordan/Jones
Jack M. Henry
Admissions Officer/Will/Leslie
Brett Robinson
Tracy/Tyler
Production Team
MJ Kaufman Playwright
Evren Odcikin Director
Erin Washburn Dramaturg
Melpomene Katakalos Set Designer
Shannon Zura Sound Designer
Maria Shaplin Lighting Designer
Katherine Fritz Costume Designer
John Wendling Properties Designer
Lauren Tracy Production Manager
Tom Helmer Stage Manager
Philadelphia Scenic Works Scene Shop
Claris Park Assistant Stage Manager
Human Rites
A new play inspired by the work of Dr. Richard Shweder and the lived experiences of Dr. Fuambai Sia Ahmadu. Michaela, an African American dean at a major American university, summons Alan, a renowned professor of cultural psychology, in response to student protest over his controversial paper on female initiation rites in sub-Saharan Africa. But dormant feelings from an affair years earlier turn a heated argument over science and cultural pluralism into a knock-down, drag-out fight. Rozin’s provocative play shatters the ivory tower of academia, upending questions of privilege and Western morality.
Nominated for the 2018 Virginia Brown Martin Philadelphia Award
by Seth Rozin
directed by Harriet Power
Cast
Kimberly S. Fairbanks
Michaela
Joe Guzman
Alan
Lynnette Freeman
Lydia
Production Team
Seth Rozin Playwright
Harriet Power Director
Kittson O'Neill Dramaturg
Colin McIlvaine Set Designer
Jerry Forsyth Lighting Designer
Lizzy Pecora Costume Designer
Daniel Kontz Sound Designer
John Wendling Properties
Lauren Tracy Production Manager
Tom Helmer Stage Manager/InterAct
Philadelphia Scenic Works Scene Shop
D'Arcy Dersham Dialect Coach
Paige Zubel Production Assistant
2016/2017 Season
You For Me For You
North Korean sisters Minhee and Junhee are torn apart at the border as they attempt to flee the “Best Nation in the World.” Each must race across time and space to be together again—navigating the perilous “Land of the Free” and the treacherous terrain of personal belief. Chung’s fantastical, humor-filled play is a kaleidoscope of imagery and beauty, casting light on the darkness of a secretive regime while simultaneously illuminating American values from a unique perspective.
Winner: 2017 Barrymore Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress, Hillary Parker
by Mia Chung
directed by Rick Shiomi
Cast
Bi Jean Ngo Minhee
Mina Kawahara Junhee
Hillary Parker Liz
Justin Jain Doctor/Smuggler/All Citizens of the Well
Dwayne Thomas Man From The South
Production Team
Mia Chung Playwright
Rick Shiomi Director
Jungwoong Kim Choreographer
Melpomene Katakalos Set Designer
Peter Whinnery Lighting Designer
Shannon Zura Sound Designer
Susan Smythe Costume Designer
Amanda Hatch Properties Designer
Lauren Tracy Production Manager
Tom Helmer Stage Manager/InterAct
Erin Washburn Co-Dramaturg
Paige Zubel Co-Dramaturg
StoneDog Studios Set Fabrication
Grounded
When an American fighter pilot becomes unexpectedly pregnant, she is reassigned to operate military drones from a windowless trailer outside Las Vegas. By day, she hunts terrorists with signature dexterity and ferocity. By night, she enjoys a quiet family life in suburbia. But as the pressure to track a high-profile target mounts, the boundaries begin to blur between the desert in which she lives and the one she patrols half a world away.
Nominated for 3 2017 Barrymore Awards
by George Brant
directed by Kathryn MacMillan
Cast
Kittson O'Neill THE PILOT
Production Team
George Brant Playwright
Kathryn MacMillan Director
NIck Embree Set Designer
Rob Kaplowitz Sound Designer
Masha Tsimring Lighting Designer
Jill Keys Costume Designer
Amanda Hatch Properties Designer
Dany Guy Production Manager
Stone Dog Studios Technical Direction
Tom Helmer Stage Manager/InterAct
Paige Zubel Assistant Dramaturg
Marcus/Emma
A World Premiere
What does it mean to be radical? Marcus/Emma mashes together two of American History's wildest activist leaders - Jewish Anarchist Emma Goldman and Black Nationalist Marcus Garvey - and launches them into a no-holds-barred, sex-fueled, bloody-minded battle to rekindle the smouldering flames of their legacies. Core Playwright alum Mary Tuomanen's vibrant voice brings the political passion, tender humanity, and savage humor of Goldman and Garvey to life in a timely play that challenges the audience to continually question what it means to be American.
Nominated for 3 2017 Barrymore Awards, including the Independence Foundation Award for Outstanding New Play
by Mary Tuomanen
directed by Rebecca Wright
Cast
Akeem Davis Marcus Garvey
Susan Reilly Stevens Emma Goldman
Production Team
Mary Tuomanen Playwright
Rebecca Wright Director
Erin Washburn Co-Dramaturg
Paige Zubel Co-Dramaturg
Sara Outing Set Designer
Elizabeth Atkinson Sound Designer
Maria Shaplin Lighting Designer
Sydney Maresca Costume Designer
Amanda Hatch Properties Designer
Lauren Tracy Production Manager
Stone Dog Studios Technical Direction
Tom Helmer Stage Manager/InterAct
Dogs Of Rwanda
At 16 years old David found himself in Uganda as a church missionary. When he follows the girl of his dreams into the woods to help a Rwandan boy he enters a world from which he will never escape. On the 20th anniversary of the genocide, a book David wrote regarding his experiences arrives with a note from the boy he tried to save: “There are untruths here." What David omitted will haunt him the rest of his life.
A National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere
by Sean Christopher Lewis
performed by Dan Hodge
directed by Maura Krause
Cast
Dan Hodge David
Production Team
Sean Christopher Lewis Playwright
Maura Krause Director
Adrena Williams Dramaturg
Dylan Wallace Lighting Design
Elle Safer Stage Manager
Performed in repertory with How To Use A Knife
Set Design by Colin McIlvaine
HOW TO USE A KNIFE
In the raw, ever-pumping, kitchen of a busy Wall Street restaurant, George -- a master chef with a dark and tortured past -- rules over his crew with the swagger of a giant. While grappling his inner demons, George has to manage two Guatemalan cooks, a nosy busboy, and an a-hole of a boss. But he forges an unlikely personal connection with the dishwasher, Steve, a mysteriously reserved African immigrant. Fast-paced and gritty, Snider’s pressure-cooker drama explores both the personal and moral questions that arise when the ugliness of the past boils over.
Winner: 2017 Independence Foundation Barrymore Award for Outstanding New Play
Nominated for 5 Barrymore Awards, including Outstanding Overall Production of a Play
A National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere
by Will Snider
directed by Seth Rozin
Cast
Scott Greer George
Lindsay Smiling Steve
Jered McLenigan Michael
J Hernandez Carlos
Angel Sigala Miguel
Trevor William Fayle Jack
Maria Konstantinidis Kim
Production Team
Will Snider Playwright
Seth Rozin Director
Kittson O'Neill Dramaturg
Colin McIlvaine Set Designer
Larry Fowler Sound Designer
Robin Stamey Lighting Designer
Natalia de la Torre Costume Designer
Emily Schuman Properties Designer
Lauren Tracy Production Manager
Tom Helmer Stage Manager/InterAct
Paige Zubel Dramaturg
Stone Dog Studios Scene Shop
Esther Cohen Assistant Director
Jeremy Jason Assistant Lighting Designer
Dylan Wallace Assistant Stage Manager
2015/2016 Season
#therevolution
A World Premiere
by Kristoffer Diaz
directed by Seth Rozin
CAST
Brett Ashley Robinson The Revolution
Mary Tuomanen The Witness
Anita Holland The Muscle
Stephanie N. Walters Aurora
Richard Chan Harvey/Charlie
PRODUCTION TEAM
Colin Mcilvaine Set Design
Katherine Fritz Costume Design
Peter Whinnery Lighting Design
Christopher Colucci Sound Design
After an impulsive, social‐media driven, revolution upends inequality in America, two young women try to navigate the unforeseen challenges that come with driving out the “powers‐that‐be”, when they are swiftly thrust into newly-acquired roles as leaders. As they recognize the ability to compel people to adhere to their own brand of social justice they start to investigate just what else it is they can do.
Straight White Men
by Young Jean Lee
directed by Matt Pfeiffer
CAST
Dan Kern Ed
Tim Dugan Jake
Kevin Meehan Drew
Steven Rishard Matt
PRODUCTION TEAM
Shannon Zura Lighting Design
Samina Vieth Set Design
Alison Roberts Costume Design
Larry D. Fowler, Jr. Sound Design
Every Christmas, Ed and his three sons get together, eat Chinese takeout, and unleash well-worn inside jokes while reminiscing about their unusual childhood. But this holiday season they are forced to consider a pivotal cultural reality underneath their constructed lives. Part deeply comedic social artifact, part emotional time-bomb, all framed in the context of a typical "living room" drama, Lee’s funny and moving play ultimately poses this tantalizing question: What does it mean to do the “right thing” as a straight white man?
The Nether
by Jennifer Haley
directed by Seth Rozin
CAST
Bi Jean Ngo Morris
Greg Wood Sims
Tim Moyer Doyle
Griffin Stanton-Ameisen Woodnut
Iris Emi Branes-Huff
PRODUCTION TEAM
Janus Stefanowicz Costume Design
Melpomene Katakalos Set Design
Rob Kaplowitz Sound Design
Maria Shaplin Lighting Design
In a dystopian future, a young detective investigates cyber-ethical crimes perpetrated in an addictive virtual universe. When an alluring suspect conjures up the disturbing real-world consequences of depraved online desires, Haley’s thrilling futurist parable incites a relentless search for what is tangible inside the ether of the net.
Nominated for 3 2016 Barrymore Awards, including Outstanding Overall Production of a Play
2014/2015 Season
Caught
A World Premiere
by Christopher Chen
directed by Rick Shiomi
CAST
Ames Adamson Bob
Jessica DalCanton Joyce
Justin Jain Lin Bo
Bi Jean Ngo Wang Min
Christie Parker Curator
PRODUCTION TEAM
Elizabeth Atkinson Sound Design
Rachel Coon Costume Design
Mellie Katakalos Set Design
Bill Ng Visual Designer
Kittson O’Neill Dramaturg
Erin Washburn Assistant Dramaturg
Peter Whinnery Lighting Design
Chinese artist Lin Bo's harrowing tale of imprisonment has the world standing at attention--but when cracks appear in his story and accusations fly, his claims transform into a labyrinthine exploration of truth, art, appropriation, and justice where nothing is what it seems.
Winner: 2015 Independence Foundation Barrymore Award for Outstanding New Play
The Dangerous House of Pretty Mbane
An InterAct World Premiere
by Jen Silverman
directed by Pirronne Yousefzadeh
CAST
Eric Berryman Marcel
Ross Beschler Gregory
Akeem Davis Sicelo
Lynnette R. Freeman Pretty Mbane
Aimé Donna Kelly Noxolo
PRODUCTION TEAM
Katherine Fritz Costume Design
Carolyn Mraz Set Design
Dan Perelstein Sound Design
Maria Shaplin Lighting Design
In this beautiful and haunting play, South African soccer phenomenon Noxolo has found safety and freedom in England--but when her activist lover Pretty Mbane goes missing during the world Cup, Noxolo’s search brings her face to face with the demons of her past and her country’s blind eye towards violence against women.
Commissioned by InterAct in 2011
Winner: 2014 Kennedy Center Paula Vogel Award in Playwriting
Winner: 2015 Virginia Brown Martin Philadelphia Award
Uncanny Valley
A World Premiere
by Thomas Gibbons
directed by Seth Rozin
CAST
Sally Mercer Claire
Frank X Julian
PRODUCTION TEAM
Christopher Colucci Sound Design
Nick Embree Set Design
Susan Smythe Costume Design
Peter Whinnery Lighting Design
From the ingenious mind behind Permanent Collection comes the story of Julian, the newest advancement in artificial intelligence, and Claire, the woman tasked with teaching him how to be human.
The Three Christs of Manhattan
A World Premiere
Written by Seth Rozin
Directed by Seth Rozin & Kittson O’Neill
CAST
Judith Lightfoot Clarke Three
Akeem Davis Two
Dan Hodge One
Leah Walton Dr. Posner
PRODUCTION TEAM
Katherine Fritz Costume Design
Rob Kaplowitz Sound Design
Colin McIlvaine Set Design
Shannon Zura Lighting Design
In this absurdist comedy of ideas, Dr. Posner, a neurotic, atheist Jewish psychiatrist, is visited by three people claiming to be Jesus Christ, each convinced they need to make their case as the Messiah to save Dr. P's soul--or at least avoid the loony bin.
